I noticed if you press the info button while playing a Netflix title, you will get the bitrate info on the upper left. Plus it shows you when it's playing a SuperHD stream or a regular 1080P stream there also.

I noticed if you press the info button while playing a Netflix title, you will get the bitrate info on the upper left. Plus it shows you when it's playing a SuperHD stream or a regular 1080P stream there also.

Netflix is now working on my Mini following a V301 error. Not sure if Tivo fixed this or it was something I did. In addition to a reset (which did not seem to help), I reset all devices at netflix.com and connected to the Tivo service from the Mini.

Sorry for the dumb question, but what is the "real" advantage of this over just stright 1080P???

Movies are shot at 24fps. The conversion to 60fps is not exact and can cause some stuttering. It's usually most noticeable in long panning shots. If you have a TV capable of displaying 24fps then it doesn't need the conversion and you'll see the movie exactly as the director intended.

There is no 1080p60 content available on the Mini, so what would be the point?

Having a scaler in the device prevents the blink most TVs get when switching resolutions because everything is upscaled to 1080p60. And with adaptive streaming services like Netflix resolution switching is common, and can become very annoying, and having everything scaled to 1080p60 prevents that with very little noticeable quality loss.

Having a scaler in the device prevents the blink most TVs get when switching resolutions because everything is upscaled to 1080p60. And with adaptive streaming services like Netflix resolution switching is common, and can become very annoying, and having everything scaled to 1080p60 prevents that with very little noticeable quality loss.

I think what you are saying is that the scaler in a device is better than the scaler in a TV. This is probably true if the device is newer than the TV. But you can't for example scale 1080p24 to 1080p60 without doing the telecine thing because 60 isn't divisible by 24. So sometimes you really do need to output to the TV at the source resolution.

I think what you are saying is that the scaler in a device is better than the scaler in a TV. This is probably true if the device is newer than the TV. But you can't for example scale 1080p24 to 1080p60 without doing the telecine thing because 60 isn't divisible by 24. So sometimes you really do need to output to the TV at the source resolution.

I'm not saying the quality is better, I'm saying the experience is better. Most TVs will blink or blank out for a second if the video resolution changes. Most devices with scalers can handle the transition seamlessly so it doesn't interrupt what you're watching. Quality wise the scaler in the TV is almost certainly better then what's in a $99 Mini.